Carrier



May 2 9, 1923. 1,457,213

` E. J. DALToN 'CARRIER' l l v v f/ Filed Feb. 13 1922 ATTORNEY Patented May 29, 1923.

I UNETED STA'TIELSv EDWARD JAMES DALTON, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA. I

CARRIER. I Eff Application filed February 13, 1922. Serial` No. 536,203.

To all whom it may concer-n.: n

Be it known that I, EDWARD JAMES DAL- 'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriers, of kwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bottle carrying device which is mainly designed for carrying milk bottles, the general object of the invention being to provide means for gripping the bottle at the top so that the bottle can be easily carried without danger of dropping it.

Another object of the invention is to provide locking means for locking the gripping means in gripping position so as to obviate the danger of the bottle being released from the device while being transported.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a view showing the device attached to a bottle.

The remaining figures are detail views.

As shown in these views the device comprises a pair of jaw members A and B, each member consisting of a semi-circular jaw part l and aA stem 2. Each stem is provided with an inwardly projecting part 4, the two parts being hinged together, as at 5, so that the jaw parts can be moved into and out of engagement. A spring 6, engaging' the up-` per ends of the stems, acts to hold the jaw parts in engagement with each other and I may also use a coil spring 'forholding the jaw parts in engagement with each other,

this spring 7 being locatedy below the parts 4. A bail 8 has its ends engaging holes formed in the stems and this bail is provided with a wooden handle 9 so that the device with the bottle therein can be carried in the hand. Hooks l0 are provided on the bail and these hooks will engage the upper rounded .ends of the stems, when the bail is in carrying position, so as to prevent inward movement of the stems and thus act to lock the jaw parts in gripping position.

As shown in Figure l the jawl members are adapted toengage the bottle neck and when the bail is raised the hooks engaging the upper ends of the stems will prevent inward movement of said stems so as to lock y the jaws on the bottle. With this dev-ice the bottle can be easily carried in the hand without danger of dropping the bottle. When the bottle is to be removed from the device the bail is swung downwardly in order to free the hooks l0 from the stems and then the upper ends of these stems are pressed together to swing the jaw members apart so tha:I ythey can be removed from the bottle nee It is thought from the foregoing ydescription that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I .may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

l. A carrier-of the class ydescribed comprising a pair of jaw'members, each including a aw partl and a stem, a bailconnected with the stems, means for hinging the stems together and means for locking the stems to the bail for holding the jaw parts in gripping position.

2. A carrier of the class describedv comprising a pair of jaw members, each including a jaw part and a stem, a bail connected with the stems, means for hinging the stems together, means for locking the stems to the bail for holding the j aw parts in gripping l position, such means consisting of hooks on the bail engaging portions of the stems when the bail is in carryingposition. f

3. A carrier of he class described com prising a -pair of semi-circular jaw members, a stem connected with each fmember, inwardly projecting parts on the stems which are hingedly connected together, spring means engaging the stems for holding :the

jaw members in engagement with each other, a bail connected with the stems, a handle on the bail and hooks on the bailfor engaging the uppervends of the stems for holding the jawmembers in gripping position..-

. In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

EDWARD J. DALTON. 

